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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses::Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.

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[–] HearthCore@infosec.pub 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It’s hard to take serious when it’s all due to default passwords… 🤦

[–] suzune@ani.social 3 points 9 months ago

I think default passwords are not even enough. There must be some additional fuckup unmentioned. Usually such devices don't expose the management interface publicly, so a password wouldn't be enough.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's not the fault of the government. The fact that they were able to do this without disruption or people even recognizing is a pretty big win.